Table Of Contents - Brother 885-V51 Operation Manual

Computerized embroidery machine

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Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................1

Important Safety Instructions ..............................................................................................1

Machine Features ................................................................................................................ 7

Accessories .......................................................................................................................... 8

Included accessories ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Optional accessories ......................................................................................................................................... 9

Names of Machine Parts and Their Functions ................................................................... 10

Front view ....................................................................................................................................................... 10

Needle and embroidery foot section ............................................................................................................... 11

Right-side/rear view ........................................................................................................................................ 11

Operation buttons ........................................................................................................................................... 12

Operation panel .............................................................................................................................................. 13

GETTING READY

Basic Steps for Embroidering ............................................................................................. 16

Turning the Machine On/Off ............................................................................................. 17

Power supply precautions ............................................................................................................................... 17

Turning on the machine .................................................................................................................................. 18

Turning off the machine .................................................................................................................................. 18

Attaching the Embroidery Unit .......................................................................................... 19

Embroidery unit precautions ........................................................................................................................... 19

Attaching the embroidery unit ......................................................................................................................... 19

Removing the embroidery unit ........................................................................................................................ 21

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Operation ............................................................................22

Viewing the LCD ............................................................................................................................................. 22

Changing the machine settings ....................................................................................................................... 23

Checking machine operating procedures ........................................................................................................ 25

Preparing Items for embroidering ..................................................................................... 26

Preparing the Needle .........................................................................................................27

Needle precautions ......................................................................................................................................... 27

Checking the needle ....................................................................................................................................... 27

Replacing the needle ....................................................................................................................................... 28

Winding/Installing the Bobbin ........................................................................................... 29

Bobbin precautions ......................................................................................................................................... 29

Winding the bobbin ........................................................................................................................................ 29

Installing the bobbin ....................................................................................................................................... 34

Upper Threading ...............................................................................................................37

About the spool of thread ................................................................................................................................ 37

Threading the upper thread ............................................................................................................................. 38

Preparing the Fabric .......................................................................................................... 43

Attaching a stabilizer material to the fabric ..................................................................................................... 43

Setting the fabric in the embroidery frame ....................................................................................................... 44

Attaching the Embroidery Frame ....................................................................................... 47

Attaching the embroidery frame ...................................................................................................................... 47

Removing the embroidery frame ..................................................................................................................... 48

EMBROIDERY

Selecting Embroidery Patterns ........................................................................................... 50

Copyright information ..................................................................................................................................... 50

Embroidery pattern types ................................................................................................................................. 50

Setting for embroidering .................................................................................................................................. 51

Selecting alphanumeric characters .................................................................................................................. 53

Selecting an embroidery pattern ...................................................................................................................... 54

Selecting a frame pattern ................................................................................................................................. 55

Using an embroidery card ............................................................................................................................... 55